A perfect day for the bulls as the indexes rested by going sideways. Going sideways to digest large gains is a much more healthy situation than falling back to lose 40-60-80% of recent gains. Further an early morning dip was bought aggressively which is also bullish action. So the change in complexion that started nearly 2 weeks ago remains in […]
Merger and acquisition activity in the food industry and better-than-expected initial claims helped benchmarks close in the green on Thursday. Investors chose to focus on the positives rather than on GDP data that showed the economy contracted in the first quarter. Thursday’s gains helped the S&P 500 hit an intraday high and close on a record high for the […]
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Gains in small-cap and high-growth stocks drove benchmarks higher on Thursday and led the S&P 500 close to a record high. The Nasdaq was boosted primarily by gains in bio-tech stocks. Markets also received mixed economic data. While claims for unemployment benefits increased, existing home sales data rose for the first time this year.For a look at the issues currently […]
Advertising FeatureRabee Securities Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) market report (week ending: 15th May 2014).Please click here to download a table of listed companies and their associated ticker codes.The RSISX index ended the week at ID1,842 (-0.7%)/ $1,957 (-0.7%) (weekly change). The number of week traded shares was 21.1bn and the weekly trading volume was ID19.7bn ($16.1mn).ISX Company AnnouncementsAl-Ameen for […]
Jason Voss, CFAAt the 67th CFA Institute Annual Conference in Seattle, Nate Silver, founder of FiveThirtyEight, delivered an important message to financial professionals about the appropriate uses and definite limitations of big data that was well worth its weight in gold.You would have to have been asleep for the last half-decade to not know that the business world, and consequently its […]
REUTERS/Danish SiddiquiNarendra ModiWhen it comes to elections, it’s not about whether you win or lose. It’s about whether you crushed your opponents.And according to the exit polls, that’s exactly what opposition leader Narendra Modi appears to have done in India’s election for prime minister.”The votes are still being counted but Narendra Modi appears to be on the cusp of a […]
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The Dow and the S&P 500 closed at record highs for the second consecutive session on Tuesday driven by an upward revision of March’s retail sales data and encouraging small-business sentiment. However, the Nasdaq ended in negative territory after Cisco forecasted disappointing fiscal third quarter results. A new deal between Keurig Green Mountain and Coca-Cola was also welcomed by the […]
There are 6.7 million women in the U.S. who have trouble conceiving, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, and only a fraction of them are using the services that could help them.Behind that dry statistic are harrowing stories from people (including friends of mine) involving experience with fertility clinics.Indeed, the number of women in the U.S. who […]
